The best laptop ever made

Re:The best laptop ever made by bhj on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @08:35PM (#15700855)

Yep. I love my late 2013 15" (typing on it now), but also use a late 2016. They're both great machines, and there were controversial things about the 2012-era models at the time (soldered RAM, proprietary PCI connector for the SSD (I don't believe there was a standard for this at the time), no ethernet, the usual chiclet keyboard qualms, etc.) and that Marco doesn't mention those today actually bodes well for the latest design, I think.

The USB-C transition is certainly painful right now, but he's glossed over many advantages of the current model too:

- 3+GB/s (yes, gigabytes) storage speed

- 10Gb/s USB (and 4 of them)

- Thunderbolt 3 (and 4 of them)

- Discreet GPU is standard (thank you Apple)

- Touch ID on a Mac really is nice

- Better screen (actually very low reflectivity for a so-called "glossy")

- Better sound

- Better cooling (and quieter indeed)

- Does make the previous model seem thick and heavy to me, so we'll have to agree to disagree on that one

- I like the keyboard, but it requires some adjustment for sure

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Re:The best laptop ever made by danseely on Thursday November 23, 2017 @11:57AM (#15766289)

He didn't "gloss over" the standard discreet GPU. He specifically mentioned that the integrated GPU was a benefit for the increased battery life it allowed, and that it wasn't a performance sacrifice for non-gamers and non-video-focused professionals.

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Re:The best laptop ever made by ksec on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @11:57AM (#15705232)

Because most of these here aren't design Changes. They are technical. You could have fitted all these technical improvement in the previous MBP as well.

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